<h1>Electoral irregularity allegation prompts political rebuttal amid arrests for embezzlement, major narcotics seizure and violent crime.</h1> Allegation of electoral irregularity in a state voter list was repudiated as political strategy by the state executive, alongside reports of party defections. Key regulatory and criminal items include an arrest for alleged embezzlement from a cooperative bank, a major narcotics seizure with arrests, and an insurgent-attributed homicide of a local election candidate, together with multiple fatal road-traffic incidents and announced large-scale industrial investments.